Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation, Modern Variation
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Bf4 Qb4
The Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation, Modern Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B01, reached after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Bf4 Qb4. It is a line of the Scandinavian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4 times by this move order. White won 25%, 0% were drawn and Black won 75%. The most popular continuation is 8. Bb3 (75% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.42 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 8. Bb3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bc7 Rc8)
- ECO
- B01
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rn2kb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/5b2/1qBP1B2/2N5/PPP1NPPP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 4 8- PGN
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Bf4 Qb4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Bb3 | 3 (75%) | |
| 8. Bd3 | 1 (25%) |
Master games
17 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 35%, draw 41%, Black 24%). The strongest:
- IM Milos Stankovic (2376) – GM Zoran Jovanovic (2526) 1/2-1/2 · 22nd Bosnjaci Open · 2017-01-05
- FM Sebastian Zsombor Peczely (2272) – IM Adam Szeberenyi (2372) 1/2-1/2 · Pal Benko Mem Int IM 2020 · 2020-09-02
- Nikolay Yordanov (2144) – IM Aziz Mert Erdogdu (2453) 0-1 · 90th Veliko Tarnovo GM · 2017-02-09
- IM Sergey D. Rodchenkov (2346) – WIM Baraeva, M. (2227) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 4th May · 2021-05-04
- FM Adam Kujawski (2173) – IM Licael Roderick Ticona Rocabado (2285) 0-1 · Titled Tue 2nd May Late · 2023-05-02
Highest-rated Lichess games
- klokovski (2316) – chess4u2 (2307) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Knightfighter (2147) – Markus34 (2163) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- Rbisthegoat (2040) – SUPERVISION1000 (2185) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts Defense 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6
More Scandinavian Defense lines (all)
- Scandinavian Defense (1. e4 d5) B01
- Scandinavian Defense (1… d5 2. b3) B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Collijn Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Goteborg System B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Orthodox Attack B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Boehnke Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Bronstein Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Grünfeld Variation B01
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.